In honor of this day celebrating a fraction over 50% of the human race, I give you madam Elisabeth Louise Vigee LeBrun, painter.
And thus a female artistic pioneer.
This self-portrait caught my eye once at the Kimbell Art Museum. "Self portrait?" I hadn't known there were women painters in 18th century France. I did some research. A protege of Marie Antoinette? I found her memoirs... Fascinating woman!
For more on Vigee LeBrun, read this extensive site on her and her work
HERE. Earlier posts on the Kimbell Museum's on-going architectural addition
HERE and on strip-mining classics like this portrait
HERE.
